From: Trish Spencer
To: City Clerk
Subject: Fwd: FW: 10/1 Ferry Terminal Pricing Agenda Item Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 7:37:32 PM
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From: Jennifer Ott <[email protected]>
Date: Sep 30, 2024 3:58 PM
Subject: FW: 10/1 Ferry Terminal Pricing Agenda Item
To: Trish Spencer <[email protected]>
Cc: Erin Smith <[email protected]>,Lisa Foster <[email protected]>,Amy Wooldridge <[email protected]> Hello Trish:
1. Is there is sufficient parking already for public park use at the public parks near Harbor Bay and Seaplane Lagoon parking ferry lots? Seaplane lagoon already has 17 spaces designated for shoreline access. As part of the roll out of paid parking at Harbor Bay, we will designate up to 5 spaces for shoreline access.
2. Is there a way to regulate park and ferry terminal users differently in terms of parking rates? Yes, shoreline access parking in the ferry lots will be appropriately signed and not be charged. There will be time restrictions to prevent ferry riders from parking in those spots to avoid paying. We will monitor the shoreline access spaces to see whether the time limit is sufficient to keep some spaces open.
3. How many disabled spaces there are in the lot? Do we charge for those spaces and do we think they are place appropriately in the lot to minimize travel time for disabled users to go to the bathroom, etc.? There are currently 6 disabled parking spaces and disabled parking spaces will not be charged at the ferry terminal lots, consistent with other public parking lots in town. The ADA Transition Plan identifies that there should be 6 vehicle and 1 van accessible parking spaces. The Transition Plan also identifies other deficiencies with the disabled parking, for example 3 of the spaces are positioned where the user has to walk behind vehicles other than their own and the slope of the path of travel is out of compliance. The City is currently designing a project to identify the issues identified in the ADA Transition Plan. The disabled parking is located to have a direct, accessible path of travel to the ramp up to the pathway that serves the terminal and bathroom.
4. Lastly, who controls the revenue and will any of the money go to WETA and for what? The City controls the revenue and the revenue is deposited into the City’s Parking Fund. None of the parking revenue will go to WETA. The revenue is used for various expenses, including but not limited to, staff enforcement and operation of equipment.
5. Will the budget include an accounting of revenues and expenses from the parking revenue? Yes. The City established the Parking Fund for this very purpose. Revenue from the various sources – parking lots, parking garage, meters – are deposited to the parking fund and parking program expenses are budgeted into three divisions: Parking Garage, Enforcement and On Street and Surface Lots.
Thanks,
Jen
Jennifer Ott
City Manager
City of Alameda
[email protected]
c: (510) 867-8237